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"Human nature has good & bad sides, and social media is just a reflection of human nature, so it includes the bad stuff" is not the wise take you think it is. Disinfo on social media is not an organic side-effect of free speech, it's the product of highly coordinated campaigns.
The human mind is highly vulnerable to certain patterns of social & psychological manipulation. Algorithm-powered social networks exploit these very patterns to maximize "engagement". In turn, bad actors exploit the algorithms to run sophisticated disinformation campaigns.pic.twitter.com/d09Dsa560m
Certain social networks willingly let themselves be used by bad actors as attack vectors on the minds of vulnerable people, with disastrous consequences (e.g. the anti-vax movement). Because it's profitable and they don't care. Not just in the US, but around the world
This is basically like saying "it's ok to let organized crime run rampant, individuals should learn to defend themselves"
Very true. Curbing misinformation is viewed as an individual's responsibility by these platforms, which makes it easier to shift blame. In reality, these coordinated campaigns drive misinformation, and "human nature" has become a convenient excuse to not vigorously pursue them.
in a context where users are conditioned to algorithmic UX designs that reward behaviors toward optimal outcomes for audience merchandising that incentivize profit making based on achieving quantitative marketing goals not qualitative human development
You can argue this creates the perfect landscape for qualitative human development.
That are incentivized by a business model that relies on clicks and eyeballs to make money. Change the business model, change the incentive. Change the incentive, change social media.
The business model is not the problem. It's a matter of willingness to combat disinformation campaigns. Compare Twitter 2016 and Twitter 2020, for example.
This has been on my mind for so many days. Social media, PR companies, digital and TV media, everyone is playing the game. takes high level of maturity to understand manipulation as it happens. For decades family circles held tight control on sections of their population. Nomore
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